Quotes
Quotes about Time
To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.
Language. I loved it. And for a long time I would think of myself, of my whole body, as an ear.
Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long, And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad, The nights are wholesome, then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm. So hallowed and so gracious is that time.
I go to see the sun for the last time. [Fr., Je m'em vais voir le soleil pour la derniere fois.]
All my possessions for a moment of time
We sometimes laugh from ear to ear, but it would be impossible for a smile to be wider than the distance between our eyes.
The law is a strange thing. It makes a man swear to tell the truth, and every time he shows signs of doing so, some lawyer objects.
It takes a long time to learn that a courtroom is the last place in the world for learning the truth.
About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends.
Abrams's Advice: When eating an elephant, take one bite at a time.
Airplane Law, The: When the plane you are on is late, the plane you want to transfer to is on time.
Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
Know the true value of time: snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
When the leadership is right and the time is right, the people can always be counted upon to follow-to the end and at all costs. Charles deGaulle -Harold J. Seymour.
I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new questions, then it is time to die.
Leisure time is that five or six hours when you sleep at night.
He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate.
What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath the boughs And stare as long as sheep or cows. No time to see, when woods we pass, Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass. No time to see, in broad daylight, Streams full of stars, like skies at night. No time to turn at Beauty's glance, And watch her feet, how they can dance. No time to wait till her mouth can Enrich that smile her eyes began. A poor life this if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare.
He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing.
Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.
When a man sends you an impudent letter, sit right down and give it back to him with interest ten times compounded, and then throw both letters in the wastebasket.
A liberal is a man who is right most of the time, but he's right too soon.
The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.
I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.
